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Rhode Island: Best of the Best
As the temperatures drop, you may notice
your dog getting friskier. Autumn is the best time of year to
get out and exercise with your dog on Rhode Island trails. Rhode
Island is a great place to hike with your dog. Within a short
drive your dog can climb hills that leave him panting, trot
down sand trails, walk on some of the most historic grounds
in America or circle lakes for miles and never lose sight
of the water.
BEST PLACE FOR YOUR DOG TO SWIM: Fort Wetherill State Park. The
best canine swimming in Rhode Island is available in the cove
below the middle parking lot.
BEST ONE-HOUR WORKOUT FOR YOUR DOG: Diamond Hill Park. If you
are looking for the steepest canine hike in Rhode Island - you've
found it! Your dog's four-wheel drive will be a definite asset
on the old hike-up-and-ski hill.
PRETTIEST HIKE FOR YOUR DOG: Cliff Walk. Even Dog Poop bags are
available for America's most spectacular backyard walk.
BEST BEACH TO HIKE WITH YOUR DOG: Mohegan Bluffs. On Block Island,
along Mohegan Trail/Spring Street, you can descend a flight of
wooden stairs to the beach at the foot of the spectacular Mohegan
bluffs from Payne Overlook.
BEST HALF-HOUR HIKE WITH YOUR DOG: Heritage Park. The perimeter
trail is a wide and wonderful canine hike on wood chips that
rolls past rock outcroppings and across streams.
MOST HISTORIC HIKE WITH YOUR DOG: Fort Barton Nature Walk. Behind
the grassy redoubt of Fort Barton a flight of steep wooden steps
drop down into 80 acres of lush woodlands. Here are some three
miles of sporty canine hiking that explore ravines and streambeds.
BEST OPEN-FIELD HIKING WITH YOUR DOG: Rodman Hollow. There are
about 12 miles of footpaths crisscrossing the southern half of
Block Island in the tradition of walking the English countryside.
BEST PLACE TO CIRCLE A LAKE WITH YOUR DOG: Burlingame State Park.
The star walk at Burlingame is the 7.9-mile Vin Gormley Trail
that circumnavigates the pond. Once you are in for a penny on
this canine hike you are in for a pound since the only shortcut
available is by boat, unless you choose to retrace your steps.
BEST PLACE TO LOSE YOURSELF IN THE WOODS WITH YOUR DOG: Arcadia
Management Area. The sheer variety and quality of these shady
trails conspire to make Arcadia the best place in Rhode Island
for a day of hiking with your dog. There are 30 miles of trails
in all.
Find out about these and other destinations for your dog in DOGGIN'
RHODE ISLAND: THE 25 BEST PLACES TO HIKE WITH YOUR DOG IN THE
OCEAN STATE, $7.95. So what are you waiting for? Your dog will
want to go where Australian sailors once went 'walkabout'? (page
27), hike by the boulder monument to the Nine Mens Misery? (page
47), climb an observation tower overlooking Mount Hope Bay? (page
41), hike through the remains of a Revolutionary War sawmill?
(page 31), hike to a grove of skeleton trees (page 35)...
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